Leveraging Chaos
The Mysteries of Leadership and Policy Revealed
Published on 16. September 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
156 pages
978-1-60709-757-0 (ISBN)
Description
John R. Shoup and Susan Clark Studer explore the rules and patterns that govern complex systems that, when properly understood and applied, result in more effective leadership than what is offered from traditional leadership models. Their book is designed to equip leaders with the knowledge and skills to operate successfully in complex environments at both the micro (organizational) and macro (policy) level. Leveraging Chaos offers a dynamic interpretation of educational history and reform that will equip policy makers to implement a more balanced management of the educational pendulum.
Reviews / Votes
Shoup and Studer detail the seven features of complex adaptive systems in a manner which serves to illuminate and clarify these systems for the reader. Complexity theory is then applied to a history of education, providing useful insights and practices supporting dynamic educational leadership and policy planning. -- Susan Rainey, Ed.D., Superintendent, retired. Riverside Unified School District, California (1998-2008) and Charter Oak Unified School District, CaliMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
237 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-60709-757-0 (9781607097570)
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E-Book
09/2010
1st Edition
Rowman & Littlefield Education
€40.49
Available for download
E-Book
09/2010
1st Edition
Rowman & Littlefield Education
€40.49
Available for download
Persons
John R. Shoup serves as an associate dean in the School of Education at California Baptist University in Riverside California. He has authored one book on leadership development, teaches leadership and policy at the graduate level, and has conducted workshops on leadership development and best practices from complexity science. Susan Clark Studer is a professor of education and the research coordinator for the School of Education at California Baptist University. She teaches graduate level courses in beginning and advanced research, current issues in education, and gives talks to local community organizations and schools. She is the author of The Teacher's Book of Days.
Content
Chapter 1 Complexity Simplified
Chapter 2 Complexity at Work in the American Educational System
Chapter 3 Leveraging Complexity at the Policy Level
Chapter 4 Leveraging Complexity at the Organizational Level
Chapter 2 Complexity at Work in the American Educational System
Chapter 3 Leveraging Complexity at the Policy Level
Chapter 4 Leveraging Complexity at the Organizational Level